Getting a Mail Box

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We have now made three attempts to get a post box here in Milford -- we can't receive mail at our house's mailbox, because the postman doesn't deliver to our side of the street -- and each has failed due to insufficient documentation. This is a private mail drop center, but the requirements are placed on tghem by the Patriot Act, etc.

If Americans can receive mail anywhere they want, the terrorists have already won!

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  1. Anonymous10:25 PM

    Maybe if the mail was addressed c/o one of the Pinchots it wouldn't be a problem. They should have some residual clout in the area. Do they pay taxes proportionate to their land interest? If not, was something worked out generations ago?

    Is Milford a liberatian bastion?

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  2. gcallah12:35 AM

    OK, you people have to stop freaking me out with these posts that indicate you know all about the details of my life, while I have no idea who you are! I'm paranoid enough already, OK?

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  3. Anonymous6:15 PM

    I am gross and perverted
    I'm obsessed 'n deranged
    I have existed for years
    But very little had changed
    I am the tool of the Government
    And industry too
    For I am destined to rule
    And regulate you
    I may be vile and pernicious
    But you can't look away
    I make you think I'm delicious
    With the stuff that I say
    I am the best you can get
    Have you guessed me yet?

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  4. gcallah1:33 PM

    Is it Woodrow Wilson?

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  5. Anonymous12:40 AM

    Think of the name as a Hawaiian diminutive.

    Aloha

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